AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



there is not much heavy work connected with it. 

 Also, the work is pleasant or even fascinating to a 

 true lover of fowls and nature, and has a tendency 

 to cause an invalid to look more on the bright side 

 of things. Many a weakened, debilitated person 

 has left the noisy, dusty city, with its incessant 

 whir of toil and strife, and found restored health 

 and strength on a little chicken ranch, where he 

 could be out in the open, breathing pure air, amid 

 pleasant and interesting surroundings. 



Invalids, like women, had best restrict their 

 poultry operations, for otherwise it is likely to do 

 them more harm than good. A person with com- 

 paratively little strength can look after a small 

 flock of a hundred or more hens, but the work 

 requires close attention, and if carried farther 

 than the number mentioned it is likely to become 

 too confining and monotonous for an invalid. A 

 person who cannot give his fowls regular atten- 

 tion in all kinds of weather must not expect them 

 to be very profitable. Invalids can make as much 

 money with a small flock of fowls as any other 

 class of people, and as the work builds them up 

 physically they can develop their poultry business 

 until it may ultimately yield them a good living 

 income. 



The man who can afford a country home, with 

 beautiful surroundings and every comfort, and who 

 considers poultry from the dollars-and-cents stand- 



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